Budget
€ 994.811,00
Project
AgriENGAGE – strengthening agri-entrepreneurship and community engagement training in east, West and North AfricaUNIPV structure involved
Department of Economics and ManagementUNIPV Team
Prof. Maria SassiProject Duration
3 yearsStart Date: 15 Jan 2020
End Date: 14 Jan 2024- Coordinator
Egerton University – Kenya Partners
Pwani University – Kenya, Gulu Universityu – Uganda, Uganda Martyrs University – Uganda, Regional Universities Forum For Capacity Building In Agriculture (Ruforum) – Uganda, University Of Abomey-Calavi – Benin, Université Nationale D’agriculture – Benin, Mohammed Vi Polytechnique University – Morocco, Institut Agronomique Et Vétérinaire Hassan Ii – Morocco – University Of Pavia – Italy, University Of Copenhagen – Denmark
AgriENGAGE aims at strengthening partner universities to provide high-level training programs in Agripreneurship and Community Engagement, to foster local stakeholders’ responsiveness to evolving labor market demands, and to stimulate agricultural transformation and enhanced agricultural sector competitiveness.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- Increasing the availability of updated agripreneurial and Community Engagement Training programs;
- Enhancing teaching competences related to business development services and community engagement in the partner universities’ academic staff;
- Training students skilled in demand driven agripreneurship, agribusiness development services and community engagement;
- Enhancing collaboration between universities and industry.